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D'Koya Mathis holds her 2-year-old daughter Zharia's hand as they walk into Ms. Pat's Child Care & Development Center in Madison, Ala.

On her way to work at the Mazda Toyota Manufacturing plant in northern Alabama, D'Koya Mathis takes her 2-year-old daughter Zharia to Ms. Pat's Child Care & Development Center. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption

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An Alabama manufacturer shows how to retain working moms: child care

Child care has long been seen as a problem for mothers to solve. Now employers see it's their issue too. In Alabama, a carmaker is working with a tech company to help employees find and pay for care.

An auto plant in Alabama is offering employees up to $250 per month for child care

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Kentucky had an outside-the-box idea to fix child care worker shortages. It's working

With pandemic relief money for child care winding down, states are looking for ways to ensure the sector survives so parents can go to work. skynesher/Getty Images hide caption

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Kentucky had an outside-the-box idea to fix child care worker shortages. It's working

To woo workers, Kentucky made child care free for child care workers. It's been an effective way to keep child care centers open and staffed.

Kentucky had an outside-the-box idea to fix child care worker shortages. It's working

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These strategies can help working parents build support and reclaim some time
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These strategies can help working parents build support and reclaim some time

Calling all working parents and caregivers! We see you, and we know you don't have much time. Career coach Daisy Dowling shares time management tips to help working parents find sanity and joy.

These strategies can help working parents build support and reclaim some time

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August's jobs numbers were bad. September was even worse, but there's room for hope

The unemployment rate dipped to 4.8% in September, from 5.2% in August, although some of that decline resulted from people dropping out of the workforce. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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August's jobs numbers were bad. September was even worse, but there's room for hope

The Labor Department says the U.S. added just 194,000 jobs last month, even lower than the lackluster showing in August. The unemployment rate fell to 4.8%.

August's jobs numbers were bad. September was even worse, but there's room for hope

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